It is estimated that more than 20 million mobile phones will be upgraded annually in the UK and that each household has an average of four unused old mobile phones lying around. These old mobiles lose their value rapidly and eventually become worthless, being thrown out with normal household rubbish. This leads to many old mobile phones being dumped in landfill sites, allowing the dangerous and toxic materials used in their manufacture to escape into the environment.
A good way to prevent these chemicals from damaging the environment and to cash in on the value of your old mobile phones is to use a service such a Mazuma or Envirophone. These mobile phone recycling services offer to take your old mobile phones for cash and reuse them. If they are not fit to be reused they will also recycle them for free.
Approximately 80% of the materials that go into making a mobile phone can be reclaimed and recycled. This lessens the demand placed on our planet’s natural resources and reduces the impact on natural habitats, such as that of the endangered lowland gorillas in the Congo. The Congo is the source of the majority of the world’s supplies of Coltan ore from which many of the metals used in mobile phones are extracted.
Selling mobile phones in this manner is quick, easy and secure. You can also take comfort in the fact that your old phone will be going on to be used by someone else and is not ending up at the dump. You will also of course get a little cash for mobile phone.
